By Amber Hewitt
The Island News
One of the Lowcountry’s favorite events, the 19th annual Soft Shell Crab Festival, hosted by the Old Village Association of Port Royal, filled Paris Avenue on Saturday, April 20.
As the festival season gets into full swing in the Lowcountry, the Soft Shell Crab Festival offered a fun day for the family and an opportunity to savor a beloved Lowcountry delicacies. The chance to enjoy soft shell crab is rare here, occurring just once a year.
Vendors offered a variety of soft shell crab dishes as food trucks, artists, and crafters lined both sides of Paris Avenue, The Classic Cars and Trucks of Beaufort displayed their vehicles, while Groove Town Assault and Tugboat Tradd and the Deckhands entertained the crowd. Bikers Against Bullies were present, along with Lollipop the Clown at the Kidzone.
The festival was made possible by sponsors, including the Town of Port Royal and Luke Paulick Attorney at Law along with other sponsors.
The heat certainly did not keep festival goers away, as the festival brought in more than 7,000 attendees. Vendors who prepared soft shell crab dishes estimated close to 5,000 soft shell crabs sold, with two vendors running out just before the 5 p.m. end of the festival.
